Tag: Africa

A coronation not a contest – Tanzania’s first female president faces little opposition

With no heavyweightopposition candidates cleared to compete in Wednesday's election, many Tanzanians…

Alfred Lasteck Alfred Lasteck

Rebel group claims capture of Sudan army headquarters in key city

The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) says it has captured the…

Sudan’s fertile region where food is rotting amid famine and war

There is a place in Sudan where it is almost possible to…

Zeinab Mohammed Salih Zeinab Mohammed Salih

Ousted Madagascan president stripped of citizenship

Former Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina, who was ousted in a coup last…

Aleks Phillips Aleks Phillips

Attacks on people like me happen every time my country has an election

Fresh trauma arrives with every election season in Tanzania for 42-year-old Mariam…

Alfred Lasteck Alfred Lasteck

From government spin doctor to Cameroon president’s main rival

Cameroon's opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who has declared himself the winner…

‘It became one of the children’ – Kenyan family on adopting orphaned cheetah cub

A Kenyan family has told the BBC how a cheetah cub they…

Abdishukri Haybe Abdishukri Haybe

Shock at $100,000 fee to contest Guinea elections to replace junta

Guineans have reacted with shock after it was announced that presidential candidates…

Nicolas Negoce Nicolas Negoce

Ghana’s former First Lady Nana Konadu Rawlings dies aged 76

Ghana's former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has died at the age…

Favour Nunoo Favour Nunoo

More than 40 dead after multi-vehicle crash in Uganda

Forty-six people have been killed after several vehicles crashed on a major…